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Solar panels reach world record high efficiency, but funding will be cut,
Universe expanding faster than predicted by Ian Woolf,
David LeCouteur talks about healthier ageing through a high carbohydrate diet.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

David Le Couteur
Charles Perkins Centre - University of Sydney

Solar energy world first in Australia - 40% solar concentrated 2014
Raygen
Milestone in solar cell efficiency by UNSW engineers 2016 unconcentrated solar
Scientists say proposed cuts could “wipe out” solar research in Australia
ARENA backs plan to use solar energy for alumina smelting

Universe is expanding up to 9% faster than we thought, say scientists
Surprise! The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Scientists Thought

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The science policies of seven parties competing in the Australian Federal Election by Ian Woolf,
Guy Ben-Ary talks about Cellf - a dish of living neurons that jams with human musicians.
Celff in performance with string trio Jon Rose, Clayton Thomas and Darren Moore.
Production checked by Charles Willock
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Guy Ben-Ary's Cellf

A web page table summarising the Science and Technology policies of the Liberals, Nationals, Labor, Greens, Science Party, Arts Party, and Pirates

Liberals
The Coalition's Policy To
Expand Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Through P-TECH Style Pilot Schools
P-TECH Australia
The National Innovation and Science Agenda
Liberal Party of Australia, Our Plan: PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT
Fact check: Science, research and innovation spending cut to 'historic low' - 0.56 per cent of GDP, an equal record low since Treasury started publishing data in the late 1970s
'We need these jobs here': Irish workers pursued for National Broadband Network

Nationals
The Nationals For Regional Australia Policy: INNOVATION AND SCIENCE AGENDA (see Liberal Party website for details)

Labor

POWERING INNOVATION: The third wave of Labor’s innovation reforms
Future SMART: Educating for the jobs of tomorrow
Girls into code
Labor Climate Change Action Plan Policy
Labor To Reverse Government's CSIRO Cuts, Invest $250 Million

Greens
SECURING OUR FUTURE THROUGH R&D: Our plan to increase Australia’s investment in research and innovation to 4% of GDP.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Innovations in science and technology are essential to meeting the challenges of climate change and transitioning to a sustainable society.
REPOWERING OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES
Clean energy. Clean water. A Healthy Reef.
No nuclear power, weapons or mining. Future generations must not be burdened with toxic nuclear waste for which there is no safe disposal.

Science Party
Science Party Policy: Science and Research
Science Party Policy: Energy
Science Party Policy: Space
Why Nuclear Fusion Is Always 30 Years Away
Thorium skepticism - Diffusion
Thorium cars run on rainbows - Diffusion
Nuclear Power for Australia? part 1 Dr Massimo Salvatores discusses Thorium as an alternative nuclear fuel

Arts Party
Arts Party Policy - Education: STEAM not STEM - AKA (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths)
Arts Party policy - Supporting our creative industries: Creating a Space Industry
Arts Party policy - Improving our Community: Climate Change

Pirate Party
Pirate Party platform: Modernising the patent system
Pirate Party Policy - Education: Develop an Australian Science Plan
Decadal Plan - National Committee for Space Science

PDF of table summarising the Science and Technology policies of the Liberals, Nationals, Labor, Greens, Science Party, Arts Party, and Pirates

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Autism treated with good guts by Ian Woolf,
Mark Febbraio talks about heat shock proteins and longer life,
Heather Catchpole recites physics poems in the pub.
Production checked by Charles Willock.
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Mark Febbraio

Heather Catchpole at Physics in The Pub
Refraction Media

Microbial Reconstitution Reverses Maternal Diet-Induced
Social and Synaptic Deficits in Offspring
Microbial Reconstitution Reverses Maternal Diet-Induced
Social and Synaptic Deficits in Offspring - PDF
A single species of gut bacteria can reverse autism-related social behavior in mice - Eureka Alert
A single species of gut bacteria can reverse autism-related social behavior in mice - Science Daily
Study Suggests Probiotic Promotes Gastrointestinal Health in Infants
Psychobiotics and the gut–brain axis: in the pursuit of happiness
Gut bacteria found to reverse autism-related social behavior

Maternal Metabolic Conditions and Risk for Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Maternal obesity and increased risk for autism and developmental delay among very preterm infants
The risk of maternal obesity to the long-term health of the offspring
The Association of Maternal Obesity and Diabetes With Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
Association Between Maternal Obesity and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring: A Meta-analysis.
Obesity, diabetes in mom increases risk of autism in child
Maternal obesity, diabetes tied to increased autism risk in kids
Maternal metabolic risk factors for autism spectrum disorder—An analysis of electronic medical records and linked birth data
Parental Obesity and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Fair go for CSIRO by Ian Woolf,
Tanya Latty talks about applying swarm intelligence,
Phil Dooley tells a Physics Fairy Tale at Physics in The Pub.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf


Tanya Latty

Phil Dooley
Phil up on Science

CPSU steps up campaign against CSIRO job cuts
Petition to save CSIRO